Honey Sriracha Sauce

Sweet and spice honey sriracha sauce is perfect with grilled chicken, baked chicken, and chicken wings!

Honey Sriracha Sauce

Sriracha is a well-loved hot sauce in our house. It’s eaten on just about everything.

So, it’s perfectly natural for us to create a sauce recipe using this flavorful hot sauce as a base.

It’s completely customizable as well. You can add more or less sriracha and honey depending on your taste preferences.

You can simmer it as little or as long as you’d like. It will get thicker the longer you simmer it.

Thick sauces are great for dipping while thin sauces are good for basting, brushing, and marinating.

Honey Sriracha Sauce Ingredients:

You need just a handful of ingredients to make this sauce:

• Butter:  For rich buttery flavor and to thin out the sauce
• Sriracha: Use more or less depending on how spicy you’d like the sauce to be
• Honey: Mellows out the spiciness and you can use as little or as much as you’d like
• Soy sauce: Just a touch for added flavor
• Lime juice: Brightens up the sauce

How to make honey sriracha sauce:

To make this easy honey sriracha sauce recipe, simply…

1. Simmer all the ingredients in a saucepan. Simmer it as long as needed to reach the desired consistency. If you want a thicker sauce for dipping, Simmer for 5-10 minutes.
2. Serve. It’s perfect with chicken that’s cooked in a variety of ways.

Ways to Serve Honey Sriracha Sauce:

There are quite a few ways you can serve this sauce recipe.

• Brush over grilled chicken.
• Brush and baste baked chicken.
• Marinate chicken in the sauce.
• Use as a dipping sauce for chicken fingers.
• Toss with cooked chicken wings.

How to Refrigerate Honey Sriracha Sauce: Store it in a sealed container and refrigerate for up to 5 days.

How to Freeze Honey Sriracha Sauce: Cool to room temperature, about 2 hours, then transfer to a freezer container and freeze for up to 2 months. Thaw in the refrigerator overnight and use right away.

If you enjoy a sauce that is more on the sweet side, you will adore these others

• Mumbo Sauce
• Sesame Chicken Sauce

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Yield: 1 and 1/4 cups

Honey Sriracha Sauce

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Sweet and spice honey sriracha sauce is perfect with grilled chicken, baked chicken, and chicken wings!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/3 cup Sriracha
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice

Instructions

1. Melt butter in a small pot over medium heat.
2. Add the honey, Sriracha, soy sauce, and lime juice; stir until the mixture bubbles gently. Simmer longer if a thicker sauce is desired.
3. Serve immediately over grilled or baked chicken.
4. Or remove from heat and set aside to cool slightly before storing. 

Notes

This sauce can be refrigerated for up to 5 days stored in an airtight container.

It can also be frozen for up to 2 months. Cool the sauce completely then transfer to a freezer-safe container. When ready to use, thaw in the refrigerator overnight and use immediately.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

2 Tablespoons
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 173Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 659mgCarbohydrates: 27gFiber: 0gSugar: 26gProtein: 1g

Nutritional values here on our recipes should be used as a general guide only. Since different brands of ingredients have different nutritional information, the values shown are just an estimate.

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